Published June 18, 2026
Remember all that tough talk?
In the announcement issued immediately after Trump launched the war in Iran, he declared, “We’re going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally, again, obliterated.”
It was the first of five objectives.
109 days later:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) June 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Trump: “I want to thank Vladimir Putin”
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Trump says that Iran “has to have” ballistic missiles, adding “what am I going to do? Am I going to let Saudi Arabia have missiles but they can’t have them?”
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 17, 2026 at 9:27 AM
“I’m the boss,” Trump tells the G-7 leaders, who mock him behind his back, watch him wander in a stupor, witness him accelerate America’s decline and plot their future without the once-reliable ally.
— Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Maybe the Albanian people are on the verge of tossing out their government and boosting democracy.
Maybe they have Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump to thank for waking them up?
Hahaha. Wouldn’t that be sweet?
newrepublic.com/article/2118…
— Paul Barrett ❌👑 (@paulthedogman.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 7:47 PM
“Inadvertently.”
Q: At this point, do you feel that Vladimir Putin is more responsible for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine?
TRUMP: I don’t want to comment on that
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 17, 2026 at 7:17 AM
The agreement reportedly includes $300 billion in private investments in Iran’s economy.
— Forbes (@forbes.com) June 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Trump made headlines last month for saying “I love the inflation” when asked about rising costs amid the Iran War.
— Forbes (@forbes.com) June 17, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The difference between this and the deal Trump tore up is that Iran now gets more money, fewer restrictions, less oversight, and more regional autonomy.
— The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) June 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
MS NOW cut away from Trump’s “rambling and incoherent” G7 speech to deliver a much needed, and appreciated, fact check.
This is how it’s done 🔥
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) June 17, 2026 at 11:26 AM
That’s how it should have been done since June 2015.
When Republican Senators start saying “the worst foreign policy blunder in decades”… 😆
#Blunder #TeamPedo
— Brett Shaw (@brettshaw.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Trump signs a historically disastrous surrender to Iran at Versailles and the first thing Vance does is “look, trans people!”
— Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) June 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Signing your surrender at Versailles is *not good,* dude.
— Matt Ortega (@mattortega.com) June 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Building Versailles bankrupted France and helped bring down the French Monarchy
Than there was the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror where Queen Marie Antoinette and her husband King Louis XVI were both publicly executed by guillotine in 1793 followed by many French Aristocrats
— LunaLuvgood2020 (@lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I’m not a professional historian, but if I were a world leader looking to sign a peace deal, I’m pretty sure I’d pick literally anywhere in the world *except* Versailles.
— James Ball (@jamesrball.com) June 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
“So … so I said … why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?”
— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Rudy Giuliani holding a press conference in Versailles, KY
— Phineas (@phineas.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Okay, that’s funny.
This is not a Trump victory. It’s a surrender.
Imagine if Obama had made this deal.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) June 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Wow, Iran won. We expected it, but seeing the agreement, it’s still shocking. Sanctions lifted? Blockade lifted? $300 billion in reparations? Status quo regarding Iran’s nuclear program, i.e. the same promises? After 60 days, possible admission fees at the Strait of Hormuz? C’mon, impeach him.
— Eric Nalder (@ericnalder.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 4:28 PM
As I’ve been saying, impeachment and removal will ultimately have to happen, and enough Republicans will ultimately be forced to support it.
But if Democrats fear talking about it now, they will make the path more difficult, delay the ultimate outcome, and prolong the damage.
— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
COLLINS: In 2021, you said relieving sanctions on Iran ‘would only contribute to more terror attacks against America and its allies.’ This deal includes lifting sanctions on Iran. Will America be safer?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: It’s a completely different day. You can’t have everything you want.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Different day, different story. Always.
March 9: “We’re now totally independent of the Middle East. We don’t need their oil.”
April 1: “It doesn’t really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need.”
June 17: If I didn’t agree to the MOU, we “would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks…”
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) June 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Threats to use nuclear weapons are now routine, just another Tuesday. When did American politicians lose all sense of humanity?
— Social Media Lab (@socialmedialab.ca) June 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
KAITLAN COLLINS: Are you okay with Iran having missiles?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I prefer that they not, but they have to defend themselves
COLLINS: You think Iran needs to be able to defend itself?
MARSHALL: I do, otherwise we turn this into a forever war
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Every day is a new scandal or a new low and there are a lot of Americans who for some reason don’t have the cognitive functions to see what’s right in front of their faces.
— Tim Hannan (@timhannan.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Trump: "You know what the Iranians did? They laughed at Obama and they said he's a stupid son of a bitch."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 17, 2026 at 4:37 AM
I don’t have any advice for anyone. The time to keep this from happening was 10 years ago.
Take care.
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